Carlos Mendes

Plant Production Manager - Automotive

About Me

Production leader with 12+ years in automotive assembly and component manufacturing. Drives safety, quality and throughput with lean methods, TPM and data-driven problem solving, and leads shift teams of 300+.

Work Experience

Plant Production ManagerFeb 2020 - Present
Vertex Auto Components · City, Country
  • Raised OEE from 68% to 84% with TPM and SMED, adding 22k units of annual capacity.
  • Cut PPM defects from 420 to 45 with 8D problem solving and poka-yoke.
  • Achieved 1,100 days without a lost-time injury.
Production Engineer - Body ShopJun 2015 - Jan 2020
Northline Motors · City, Country
  • Launched 2 new vehicle programmes and validated 64 robotic weld cells.
  • Reduced cycle time by 11% through line balancing.
Graduate Engineer TraineeJul 2013 - May 2015
Precision Castings Ltd · City, Country
  • Introduced SPC charts on 12 CNC lines, cutting scrap by 18%.

Improvement Projects

OEE Improvement ProgrammeTPM · SMED · 2021

Plant-wide programme lifting OEE by 16 points across 9 lines.

Zero-Defect LineQuality · Poka-yoke · 2022

Error-proofing that cut customer PPM from 420 to 45.